the study guide of history
What is the tendency of diverse territories to break up into small, hostile nations called?
Balkanization
What are Poland's two most important rivers?
Vistula River and Oder River
What important plain covers a large portion of Eastern Europe?
Great Hungarian Plain or Great Alfold
What is the national animal of Moldova?
Aurochs
What people group settled the Czech Republic and Slovakia?
Austria-Hungary
What mountain system extends from the Alps across Eastern Europe?
Carpathian Mountains
Name the Baltic States. Which one is strongly Roman Catholic?
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania/ Lithuania is catholic
What is an exotic limestone landscape called?
Karst
What is the capital of Belarus?
Minsk
Which country is the most densely populated?
Minsk
What is the highest peak of the Balkans?
Musala
What is the largest marshland in Europe?
Pripet Marshes
What type of government does Ukraine have?
Republic Unitary state Semi-presidential system Constitutional republic
Why is Eastern Europe considered a shatter belt?
Size, shape, and numbers of countries are always changing
What is the 3rd longest river in Europe?
Ural River
What is Poland's largest city?
Warsaw
What was the name of the city/place where radiation leaked out and affected thousands of people?
chernobyl
Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania make up the what?
on the east by Russia, on the southeast by Belarus, and on the southwest by Poland and an exclave of Russia